No Billionairs at FOSDEM?

Ineptocracy strikes again! A toxic community members latest brainchild: A call to storm nostr:nprofile1qqsgydql3q4ka27d9wnlrmus4tvkrnc8ftc4h8h5fgyln54gl0a7dgsprpmhxue69uhhqun9d45h2mfwwpexjmtpdshxuet5qy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hszrthwden5te0dehhxtnvdakqc267ea's talk at FOSDEM because he's a billionaire.

Because, you know, free speech is overrated and billionaires are the devil incarnate. I mean, who needs to listen to someone who actually built stuff and has at least some good influence when you can just sit-in and silence them and re-educate us to think the " right" way?

"We'll just sit on the stage until 12:30 PM. Bring a good book." Yeah, because that's not a recipe for disaster, and what the FOSS community really needs is more more drama.

But seriously, folks, this kind of mindset is evil. It's the same kind of thinking that leads to censorship, mob rule, and the suppression of dissenting voices. And it's not just limited to the FOSS community - it's a disease that's infecting the entire tech industry.

So, to all the self-appointed gatekeepers and censors out there, I say: keep on keeping on. Keep silencing voices, keep suppressing dissent, and keep pretending that you're the only ones who truly care about freedom and openness. Meanwhile, big-tech will just be laughing at your ineptitude and watching as you slowly strangle the very community you claim to care about.

#FOSS #FOSDEM #nostr #bitcoin #monero

https://drewdevault.com/2025/01/16/2025-01-16-No-Billionares-at-FOSDEM-please.html

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Well said! I also saw this message yesterday 😆

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Yes it's evil and maybe a new kind of a mental disease / disorder. Not sure what the medicine would be 🤔 My guess they are far from being open to hear other opinions or get some help for this..

As they already taken their point of view and have chosen a side, I personally won't spent any attention to this. It's not worth it, I'll be there to spent my attention to other much more valuable things. Talking with open-minded people, share thoughts and opinions with respect. There is also something called agree on something you both disagree on. Without drama, what you said, because only the status-quo will be happy with that.

The medicine is simple:

Be intolerant against the intolerant.

If we are tolerant of even the intolerant, tolerance will cease to exist.

If we do not defend our way, they will destroy us.

Also known as the Paradox of Tolerance. Worth checking out Karl Popper's thoughts on this:

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.187315/page/n275/mode/1up